If you are using Android AutHomation, Home Buddy, and Vera Mobile are all free so you might as well try all of them. Both @rakstar (Home Buddy) and @garrettwp (AutHomation) seem very response to requests to add support for new devices, etc.

Vera Mobile just showed up recently in the app store with very little fanfare. I think it is an official micasaverde app. One feature that Vera Mobile has that I don't think is present in the other two is recording new scenes.

The the interfaces are fairly different between the various apps. Vera Mobile doesn't break down devices by room, just type. It provides a list of rooms, but I'm not really sure why. It lets you create new scenes where the other two programs don't. Home Buddy provides a typical Android list view of either devices or scenes by room. This makes it easy to control a lot of devices sequentially. AutHomation has a very nice UI that is a bit more customized. For devices it doesn't know about (mostly user developed plugins) there is an option to show extra information which is useful.

I use AutHomation for android, than again I am also the developer of the app. I have used in the past ivera, automator.app and sqremote. Automator.app for the iOS platform wins with sqremote coming in second.

In order of frequency of usage:a) SQRemote on iPhone (Home Control only)b) SQRemoteHQ on iPad (Home & AV Control)c) AutHomation on GoogleTVd) Automator.app for Testing Alarm Plugin extensions

The SQRemote stuff takes a little longer to get setup, but once you do it's hard to go back. I have customized panels/layout for Power Monitoring, Alarm Monitoring/Management, AV Gear and Home Control...

Disclaimer: I'm a Beta tester for SQRemote, but I still pay for each release ;-)

I agree with guessed; SQRemote takes time to set up well, but it's worth it. You'll end up with an interface tailored to your particular needs.

Still, none of the current apps meet my needs, so I've started developing my own I want something that looks and functions somewhat like a remote control or a wall mounted control panel: easy enough to use to trust your (grand)mother with it: the true test of any interface The current crop of Vera apps seem to be aimed at the administrators of the Vera network rather than the end users.

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